Charles Sumner: “Tell me not of rights, talk not of the property of the planter in his…”

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Tell me not of rights, talk not of the property of the planter in his slaves.

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Sumner rejects the notion of discussing rights in the context of slave ownership, emphasizing the immorality of such claims.

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Charles Sumner: “Tell me not of rights, talk not of the property of the planter in his slaves.”